The manifestations of the difference in the form of women in the rock inscriptions of Egypt and Namibia
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: This research aims to study the manifestations of the difference in the form of women in the rock inscriptions as a comparative study between Egypt and Namibia, where the rock inscriptions differed to show the form of women between Egypt and Namibia in showing the human formOnly the rock inscriptions and colored drawings appeared to show the form of women in the Egyptian civilization in a simple form, which are lines, while not exaggerating to show the details of the body, And when we moved from the period of rock art to colored drawings, there was an attempt to show some signs of femininity, such as the chest and buttocks, relatively more, without prejudice to the nomination ratios of the image and the increase of skirts for women.As for showing the shape of women in rock inscriptions in Namibia, there was a very great exaggeration in showing the charms and fullness of the body, especially in the chest or buttocks area as well as there was an exaggeration in showing the hairstyle, which characterized the shape of women in Namibia with features that made it easier for scholars to distinguish the human form between a man and a woman, but in Egyptian civilization there was difficulty in distinguishing the human form, especially for women, from other civilizations, and this will be addressed by the research.
Authors: Khaled Saad Mostafa, Iman Mustafa Khalil
Institutions: Ministry of Antiquities, Cairo University
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4281264218